adulthood
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adulthood — (n.) 1850, from ADULT (Cf. adult) + HOOD (Cf. hood) … Etymology dictionary
adulthood — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ early, young VERB + ADULTHOOD ▪ attain, reach ▪ children who lose their parents before reaching adulthood ▪ … Collocations dictionary
adulthood — See adult. * * * Period in the human life span in which full physical and intellectual maturity have been attained. Adulthood is commonly thought of as beginning at age 20 or 21. It includes middle age (commencing around age 40) and old age (from … Universalium
adulthood — n. to reach adulthood * * * [ ædʌlthʊd] to reach adulthood … Combinatory dictionary
adulthood — [[t]æ̱dʌlthʊd, AM ədʌ̱lt [/t]] N UNCOUNT Adulthood is the state of being an adult. Few people nowadays are able to maintain friendships into adulthood … English dictionary
adulthood — noun The time of life when one is expected to take responsibility for ones own actions and well being. The boy entered adulthood by undergoing a rite of passage. Ant: childhood … Wiktionary
adulthood — UK [ˈædʌltˌhʊd] / UK [əˈdʌltˌhʊd] / US [əˈdʌltˌhʊd] / US [ˈædʌltˌhʊd] noun [uncountable] the period of your life when you are an adult Only two of her six children survived to adulthood … English dictionary
adulthood — suaugusiųjų amžius statusas T sritis Kūno kultūra ir sportas apibrėžtis Amžiaus tarpsnis, prasidedantis nuo 19 metų. atitikmenys: angl. adulthood vok. Alter der Erwachsenen, n rus. взрослый возраст … Sporto terminų žodynas
adulthood — adult ► NOUN 1) a person who is fully grown and developed. 2) Law a person who has reached the age of majority. ► ADJECTIVE 1) fully grown and developed. 2) for or characteristic of adults. DERIVATIVES adulthood noun … English terms dictionary
Adulthood (film) — Infobox Film name = Adulthood director = Noel Clarke writer = Noel Clarke producer = James Biddle George IsaacDamian Jones starring = Noel Clarke Scarlett Johnson Jacob Anderson Ben Drew Danny Dyer Adam Deacon Femi Oyeniran music = Chad Hobson… … Wikipedia
